The hypothetical boiled frog is a useful metaphor for a very real problem: the difficulty of responding to disasters that creep up on you a bit at a time.

虚构的煮熟青蛙对一个非常实际的问题而言，是个很实用的隐喻。这问题是：因应不知不觉中临头的灾难，是件难事。

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Still, the boiled-frog problem on the economy is nothing compared with the problem of getting action on climate change.

然而，这种在经济上煮青蛙的问题无法与在气候变化上采取行动的问题相比较。

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Is it like being a frog being boiled in warm water - you get used to it over time?

是不是就像温水煮青蛙，时间长了，自己也适应了？

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In contrast, if a frog is placed in room-temperature water, which is gradually heated to a boil, the relaxed frog will kick back, stretch out, and calmly allow itself to be boiled to death.

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